A legal practitioner who commits perjury by swearing deliberately false affidavits in court proceedings, particularly to conceal assets in family law proceedings, engages in conduct that relates directly to the practitioner's duty as an officer of the Court and to the integrity of court proceedings, and such conduct demonstrates unfitness to practise warranting removal from the roll.
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